I touched the halo of an angel, long, long ago. I’m not sure why; maybe I thought I would get a jolt of energy from it, because it was bright and shiny. By that line of thought, I should have worried that I could possibly have been electrocuted, but I was young and brash.
The promotion of education is one of the three founding objectives of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). The other two NSDAR objectives are Historic Preservation and Patriotism.
Postal service across the east has seen great change over the centuries.
At the Tyrrell County Public Library, we have a wonderful collection of periodicals that cover everything from local and national news to hobbies and professional development. If you visit the library, you can read the latest from The Chowan Herald, The Roanoke Beacon, The News and Observer,…
Each year, the Chowan, Gates and Perquimans County Extension Master Gardeners award a $1,000 scholarship to an area student pursuing advanced studies in the areas of agriculture, horticulture and/or natural resources.
It is hard to believe the advent season is here. Perhaps you have noticed an influx of people putting up lights, on their homes, around trees and in their yards.
The streets in downtown Edenton are decked with greenery and lights and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas after a successful Sip and Shop, Black Friday and Local Saturday shopping events.
COLUMBIA – Tyrrell and surrounding counties are still seeing a decrease in COVID-19 cases.
In Joshua 2:1-3, we learn that “Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove. He instructed them, ‘Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.’
On Saturday, Nov. 20, White Oak Elementary hosted the 10th White Oak Craft Show.
The Edenton Tea Party Chapter, NSDAR Chapter Chaplain Clara King conducted a beautiful and moving Memorial Service at the Nov. 10 meeting to honor and remember five beloved and devoted chapter members who have been lost to death in 2021.
Cherokee Charles George, Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient
Save the dates!
Out and About lists current events sponsored by nonprofit groups and churches in Chowan County. Please send listings to The Chowan Herald at 423 South Broad St. Edenton, NC 27932 or email lbeachboard@ncweeklies.com. All events must be submitted by 4 p.m. each Monday.
The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit.
Settling into the full-blown senior citizenship of life’s seventh decade gets more interesting by the day — especially when routine age-related maladies multiply all at once.
Second graders from White Oak Elementary participated in Farm Day Adventure, hosted by Chowan County 4-H.
Recently, staff from the Martin-Tyrrell-Washington District Health Department were sworn in as officers of the Eastern District North Carolina Public Health Association.
Peak-season soil testing fees, for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Soil Testing Lab, are set to take effect Dec. 1 through March 31, 2022.
